I was looking forward to the new Sailaway since the first promo videos were uploaded. And man, it does not disappoint! It's a huge leap forward compared to the previous "instances" with several brand new, never-before seen elements.

The new sea rendering is truly incredible, to me it's the most realistic ocean depiction in any boat/ship simulation ever. The new interaction with the sails is great, easy to use and intuitive. The world is nicer and has so much more content than in earlier versions and the editor makes it easy to enhance it further.

I believe Sailaway III is the best sailing simulator ever released for the personal computer. There are some minor bugs but none which would disrupt the overall experience and I am sure Richard will fix them as time progresses. I am hoping more content will be added, such as sea life (dolphins, whales, sea birds) and more ports, enhanced areas.

I sincerely recommend Sailaway III to anyone who is interested in sailing.

!!!! - DONT BUY - !!!!

totally broken
no support
unable to sent log file
after buying the game had to spent 10 euro extra to buy a boat
transaction completed, money taken but no in game money.
tried another transaction. same result.

In the end: 35 euros spent

2 hours of pure frustration

0 seconds under sail.

I already have Sailaway 1 and i was looking forward for this release. It needs many improvements on graphics (sails dissapear after boat optimization , no name displayd on boat ,the main sheet is not always on the boom) there are no map tools and some more... . It needs work and updates to be enjoyable like sailaway 1. And when the wind direction is from land,close to the land the waves must be smaller or 0 (not the same with open water)...like in reality. I really love the game and i hope the developers will fix the problems and imrove it so it comes closer to reality.